:"RESI3YDRIA:\ BANNER & ADVOCATE]. Pre.byteriers Banner. Vol. V, No. 9. Presbyterian advocate, Vol. XIX, No. 4. I DAVID MeKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor. TEILMS.-IN ADVANCE. Original rattrg. New Metrical Version. PSALM IL 1. Why do the heathen tumult make? Why such vain things have men devis'd ? The kii , as combine, end rulers Mk° Couusel egaiust the Lord sad Christ. They say * 4 their hands we mean to break, Thtir cords we mean to east away;' ❑e who in heaven sits, shall laugh, Awi scorn them ill his judgment day. Then shall he Ppenk to them in uratb, Anil with his sore displensure fill; Vlt hi.te I set my King on high, Upon my Zlon's holy hill." w tiros (I.eree I will make known; The. L-rd heti' eurely raid to me, Thou art toy w.ll.beloved Son, This, flay hove I begotten thee." the. nod I to thee eognge The oat , oPS for thy heritage; And extend U3to ihe il's remotest tod." T!rmi'it hrunk thcm, sad they ghnll be broke with iron sceptre's heavy stroke; shiver them in pieces, too, potters their nuoir'd vessels do. And vow, 0 kings, he wise, I say, VI! 311 , 1g.Vg, hear the warning voice; Save the Lord with fear to-day, And _host with trembling, and rejoice Kiss hoW THE SON, lest be, in wrath, drive and drive you from the path; For kindle soon his finger must: Bles ,, ed ore they who in him trust! Ver the Preaby terlan Danner aed Advocate. Eaptitm.--.No. 5. In the pr vious numbers, we have corn „red the position assumed by the Baptists, the command to baptize is a command to, We trust that it has been made to ap-. r, that the word, in Scripture usage, bus the meaning they assign to it, but is ap. led to any kind of washing, however par !. Thee brethren, however, appeal to instances of baptism recorded in the Testament, as affording infallible proof ,t immersion was the primitive mode. Surely,” say they, " immersion was prac ,d in the apostolic age, because we read their baptizing at rivers." But who, I :, is said to have baptized at a river ? No but John the Baptist, and even be only a short period, for we now find him re ,ed to .zEttou.—John iii: 23. I shall y, in the proper place, that we are not pattern after John's baptism, but after t of Christ. But admitting, for argu it's sake, that we are to follow John, Ire is the proof that he immersed his iples? JOHN BAPTIZING AT JORDAN. Our ,opponents say that he chose the Jer i as the scene of his pious labors, because u. river afforded deep water, suitable fur „ring But if, as they allege, the city of was FO well supplied with water, those thousand persons could easily be :reed in u few hours; and if, moreover, y Jew throughout the length and idth of the laud had convenient streams, Doyle, in which to dip himself turd his couch before every meal—where, rte iog to their own showing, was the necese of Jt,hu going to Jordan to immerse ? thick we can furnish a much more sat iny explanation of the matter. John his appearance uniting the Jews, in WI- Dt ul the prophecy, that he should be voice of one crying in the wilderness." wilderness of Judea, and, indeed, the er ptirt, of that country, is well known pte.rly supplied with water. There are to :Jets ut any consequence; and these lk.d up during the greater putt of the that the necessary supplies for the , to.kl for their &els and herds, must ia !lied tre nt wells, dug at great expense. the diffieulty tetween Abraham and nekton about wells.—Gen. xxi : 25. hence the disputes between Isaac's uts and the men of Gerar, who said, e. water is ourm."—Gen xxvi : 18-22. Jutd.tri run along the border of the wil ,es ; and John very naturally chose the of that river as the scene of his la in nrder that the immense multitudes resorted to him might obtain plentiful lies of water for themselves, and for beasts of burden. Even in this well ed country, so selecting the ground for rLeetint , :s, and other great assemblages .eple, accommodations of that kind are api eminent object. And it is within htiewiedge of the writer, that during great drought of 1854, our Baptist treu themselves chose a particular local e a grand Sabbath School celebration, 1,«41.t1 reference to a plentiful supply , Icsottle water. And yet no initner ,to take place on the occasion. But all the crowds that assemble at the tutepeneetings, and Sabbath School .tatiors, com pared with the multitudes continually thronged around the fore ir of our I.erd ? Is it at all surprising, that he should take his station, for a on the banks of the Jordan, and that iacred writer should mention the fact, it any reference to immersion ? JOHN BAPTIZING AT :TENON. Ls account of the mutter is confirmed fact, that John so soon removed from an to dEnop.—John Eusebius Jerome, as quoted by CahnEt, Evay that place was "eight miles from Beythopolis, between Rabin and Jordan." The (Ainott, or Ainvon) signifies the ef Os, or the dove's eye spriv u , wa. , most probably selected by John, a% iing plenty of wholesome water for the tudcs, at a season when the water of in was less palatable. For surely if water for immersion was hi§ object, be d not kayo a large river, and betake to dipping the Jews in a spring. " NUM WATER." 'ur opponents insist that ./Enon must have chosen on account of facilities for dip because we read that "there was L o uter them" This language, in their on, implies a far greater quantity of than could have been required by the "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE I DESIRED OF THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THING I DO." largest assemblages of people, for their sub sistence, for their daily purifications, and for the animals on which they were con veyed. " Much water," (Greek, hudata polla,) in their imagination, is transformed iuto a mighty roaring flood, like the Tigris or Euphrates. Untortunately fur them, no such large collection of waters can be found in the wilderness of Judea. The same mode of expression is used in Ezek. xis : 10, to denote the little rills which nourish the growing plants. Israel is there compared to a vine, " fruitful and lull of branches, by reason of many waters," (min rabic, Gr. hudata polla.) eau the vine flourish against " mighty, rushing fluods ?" If John's object in going to Ramp, was dipping, the language used by the sacred writer appears somewhat strange, for much water way yet be too 'shallow for immersion. To suit the Baptist construction, the Evan gelist, should have said, "John was baptiz ing at .1-Enun, because there was deep water there." BAPTIZING IN JORDAN It is urged, tuureover, that John bap tized his converts in Jordan. But that dues not prove that he iumersed the people. It is a very CORILUOU thing for persons to go into a river without going under the water. But, say our Baptist friends, to baptize in Jordan 'certainly means to plunge into the water of Jordan. Is it so, iudeed ? Then, when the Scripture says, " John did baptize in the wilderness," (Mark i: 4) the weaning is, " John did plunge the peo ple into or under the wilderness!" The Israelites were baptized in the Red Sea; and were they plunged into the sea? On a memorable occasion, God commanded the priests, saying, " hen ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan,"—Josh. iii: 8. So is it that in Scripture language the phrase zn Jordan means simply at the brink of the water. BAPTIZING IVITII. WATER. However this may be, the very language used by John forbids the idea that be bap tized by immersion. He says, "I indeed baptize you with water," (kndati) " but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with'-fire."—Luke iii: 16. Baptizing with water no more signifies plunging in water, than baptizing with the Holy Ghost means a plunging into the Holy : Ghost. We may further observe that the word hudati, in the above passage, being in the dative ease without a governing preposition, literally signifies with water, and shows that that element was applied to the persons, not the persons to the element. JERUSALEIVI AND ALL JUDEA. BAPTIZED There is another insuperable difficulty attending the supposition that John im• messed. He exercised his ministry for a period not exceeding eighteen months; and yet, during that short period, "there went oat unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and . were all baptized of him."—Mark i: 5. Another Evangelist says, " There went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the regions round about Jordan, and were baptized of him in Jordan."—Matt. iii : 5, 6. That distin guished Baptist, the Rev. Robert Hall, speaking of John, says, " the number of his converts was prodigious. The submis sion to his institute appears to have been almost national." The strong language of the Scripture seems to imply that a majurity of the Jewish people were baptized, and that the ordinance was administered by John himself. They "were all baptized of him" (hup autou, by himself,) "in the river of Jul i: 5 11 we sup pose only a million of the Jews to have re ceived the ordinance at his hands, and that fur a whule }ear, he did nothing but bap tize, the propiiitiun for each day would be mare than 2,700. Nu human being could immerse the tuurth put of that number fur seven days in succession. Nur could any wan live, standing mouth after mouth up to his middle iu water. To obviate this last difficulty, Dr. Carson supposes that John managed to immerse his - converts without wetting himself. His words are these : " There is no reason to believe that John the Baptist went into the water in baptizing. He chose some place on the edge of the Jordan, that admitted the immersion of the person baptized, while the baptizer re mained on the shure."—p. 131. This, in deed, relieves one difficulty, but it creates another fully as great. John, standing on a steep bluff of the river, could easily push down the Jews into deep water; but how could be draw them out again ? And yet that is one essential part of baptism by im mersion. What machinery of pulleys, cranes or sweeps did he use for that 'pur pose ? Or did he plunge them down and let them get out as best they could ? Dr. Carson's suggestion is about as judi cious as that of the worthy Baptist preacher who supposed that the converts of John might have taken their station in the Jordan by hundreds at a time ; and then, at the word of command, dived or dipped them selves in the water. Thus, many thousands could easily be immersed in a single day. JOHN'S BAPTISM SUPERSEDED BY THAT OF CHRIST. After all, the mode in which John admin istered baptism is to us of small importance. We are not under obligation to copy his baptism, but that of Christ. These two institutes differ in several important par ticulars. First. John's baptism originated, not in the authority of the Son, but of the Father. John i : 33, "And I knew him not, but he that sent me to baptize, the same said unto me, upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit de scending, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost." Christ's baptism bad its origin in his own express command, given after his resurrection : ." Go teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." ,Second. John's baptism was intended for the Jews only. Christ's was designed for all nations, according to the prediction of Isaiah that he should "sprinkle many nations."—Chap. lxii. Third. John's baptism was designed to prepare the way for the manifestation of /Christ at a period when John himself did 'not know him John i: 18, "And I knew him not, but that he should be made mani fest unto Israel; therefore am I come bap tizing with water!) baptism re quireda twirled belief in himself, as a Divine PUBLICATION OFFICE, GAZE : I r , FOR. THE WEEK ENDING SATU A Y N • tr , .6 Saviour, who had died and risen again, and ascended to the Father. Fourth. John's baptism was not admin istered in the name of the Lord Jesus, or in that of the Holy Ghost. See Acts xix 2-5. Christ's baptism was per formed in all three of the sacred names. lb. John's baptism did not recognize its subjects as members of the Christian Church, and in this respect also differed from Christian baptism. "Jerusalem and all Judea, and the region round about Jordan" were baptized by the Forerunner; but did they therefore become members of the Chri-tian . Church? If so, here is an instance .of sudden apostacy without a parallel in the history of the Church; for no more than one hundred and twenty dis ciples could be collected at Jerusalem at the election of Matthias to the apostleship. Indeed, no;hing can be wore absurd than the idea that John shotild receive persons into the Church, on a profession of faith in Christ, at a time when John himself did not know him. THE CHRISTIAN FATHERS The early Christian writers regarded. the baptism of John and that of Christ as en tirely distinct ordinances: Tertullian, com menting on the re•baptism of the disciples at Ephesus, remarks, " that the baptism of John was different from that of Christ. Paul said, With what baptism have ye been baptized? And they said, John's. He persuaded them to receive the baptism of Christ."—Lib. do bopt. Obrysostorn, on the same subject, says, It was a bridge, which from the baptlain of the Jews (i. e., proselyte baptism) made a way to that of our Saviour. It was su perior to the first, but inferior to the second." Augustine : "We read in the Acts of the Apostles, that those were baptized by Paul, who had already been baptized by John, for no other reason but because the baptism of John was not the baptism of Christ." L. N. D. For tho Presbyteriau Banner nod AdTocate. Hindooism: Its Changes During the Last half Century. I have often heard it remarked, not only by the Hindoos themselves, but also by Protestants, that it is impossible for them to change their long established customs, and embrace Christianity ; that the universal prevalence of caste and claim upon the son, to pursue the same avocation in life as the father, will never admit of Lny radical change ; that such and such were the acts and customs of their forefathers, and to de viate in the remotest from their example, the most dire calamities would inevitably follow. But such a view of the case is not only unwarranted, but untenable. Protest ants who have thus represented the matter; are certainly either unacquainted with the facts, or else they belong to that class who know nothing of the promises of the Bible, and are opposed 'to the spread of the glori ous Gospel of God's. Son. That Hindooism has undergone the most wonderful changes during the last half century, I will now pro ceed to show. Let us notice, first, the changes that have taken place in the arti cles of dress and household furniture. Half a .century ago, the Hiudoos had but little, if any turui.ure, and that of the rudest style.; now, many wealthy Bubooe have their pal aces tarnished to overflowing with the most lashiouable and custly of English manufac ture. Half a century ago, the sun-dial and water cloak - were their only time-pieces; now, clocks and watches, the most beautiful. aud valuable, grace their drawing-rooms. In articles of diebs, tuanv of the wealthy wear English made cloths, in preference to their own. Now, unary pursue occupations which, but a very few sears ago, were en tirely unknown in . this country. Half a century ago, there were Le printed books in the Bengalee language; now, thuusauds are appearing at Calcutta annually. Half a cen tury ago, no Hindu() ever thought of waking himself acquainted with the English lan guage; now, there, are hundreds in the- English countino. r .houses of every large city throughout the laud, who read, write, and aptak the language fluently. For many gen erations, the lliudous have been accustomed to travel in rude country boats,' on foot, iu palankins, or in cow-carts ; but now, the must wonderful changes have been intro duced even in this respect; now, it is not uncommon to see the opulent seated iu stately equippage, of English manufacture, drawn by a pair of costly Arabian or English steeds. The Government steamers that now plough the thrice hallowed and bloody waters of the Great Gauges are crowded with passen gers. The railroad, even, that most modern invention, they are taken with; and the trains that now run between Calcutta and Rareegunge, a distance of one hundred and fifty miles, are filled to overflowing every day. In the telegraph offices, too, they are at their posts, contruling the wonderful machine. In a religious point of view, the result has been the same. Half a century ago, thousands of infants were thrown into the ; Hoagly (an out-let of the Ganges ) ) at the great Sanger Make annually; but now not one. Half a century ago, many widows were annually burnt alive with the bodies of their deceased husbands; but now the remembrance even of this barbarous custom seems to have been almost forgotten. For merly it was thought a. very shocking thing to touch the flesh or the hide of a dead cow; but now many Brahmins even wear shoes made .of cow hides instead of their old wooden sandals. Only ten years, ago, Bralaninism was so rife that the appearance of one in the midst of a crowd addressed by a Christian missionary, was sufficient to dismiss the whole assembly, and leave the earnest missionary without a hearer; now not only the Brahmins themselves, but the people listen attentively without molesta tion. But a very few years ago, no Hin doo would have ventured, through fear of banishment from home, caste, and friends, to recommend the marriage of widows; but now, through petitions made by the Hip does themselves, the Government, during the present year, have passed an act mak ing such marriage's hereafter legal. If we lexamine into their ancient religious rites and ceremonies, we find many not only un• observed, but forgotten. Half a century ago, how many native Chlistians were there in Hindustan ? Now between Labor on the North, and Calcutta on the South, there are more than• 25,000 souls professing salve,. t tion through Jesus Christ. .alf a century ago, how many schools wer herein which a liberal education was impa. I Now, in the North-West Province& tike there are 3,781 in full operation. ..this number, 87 are Government, with ~ 5,907 pupils; 33 are missionary, with 1,74 ;pupils ; 3,661 are common, with 40,181 pupils; waking a grand total of 47,837 pupils. Ten years ,ia ago there was out one girl school in all ludia; now there are SeV al being con ducted under the most fla Bring circuna stauees. Such arc some oi the. post im portant changes of Ilindootsin .during the. last fifty years. Christianity; is gradually . working its way through the : multitudiuous objects that oppose its progrEss, And light is fast dispelling the moral dar4ess that hangs, thick and dreadful over -ti': Iktrid, where,, " every prospect pleases, un'o: °ply man is., vile." 11 the last lialteentas...aceoca, plished so much, what ma :,. --: .., •,:,,, pest from the nest, with • . i , ..:tie facilities fur moral and religioria 'education, and the rapid progressof. Civilization and Science ! Who shall now `Ski. that the close of the nineteenth century shall not see the whole fabric of Ilitidimisin, as well as Mo hammedanism, dissolved, and remeinbered only as one of the things that were ! Who shall now predict that heathenism is too strung for Christianity and civilization ! The past ignores such an assumption. The present promises changes that will astonish the whole world. Let the fiends of Christ, therefore, rally all their strength around the banner of the Cross; and let their prayers ascend with one harmonious voice to Je hovah of hosts, pleading th'at this glorious work begun and so successfally carried on in heathen lands, arid especially; in, India, may be crowned with still more : success; that more laborers he sent into, the harvest; and we have the promise .that the work shall be done, and " that his Word shall accomplish that whereunto he hath sent it." A. O. J. Purrukhabad, North Ingia, Sept. 1. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate From the North-West. Introductory—Dedication 03 riesbyterian Church , in Princeton, Illinois—Order of Exercises—Con stitution of Synod of Chicago—Adoption of the Constitution of Theological Seminary for North -West—Seven Synods Concur—Why ' was not Missouri Invited'-4-c. DR. KINNEY : vear is always gratifying to the children of a com mon Master, to hear reports of the success of his cause in any part of his widely extended vineyard. Permit - me, therefore, through the columns of your paper, to speak of a few matters in the North-Western part of Illinois. I had the pleasure, recently, of attending the dedication of a house ofiworship erected by the Presbyterian chtnrclai;of Princeton, of which at present, the Rev J. C. Barr is • the pastor. The house is alfine, large brick edifice, fifty by eighty ; feet, than 4ie : gr99.tid+ of proportionate height; finisliTd nished with no little taste; and surmounted with a spire pointing to the skies, where d welleth the Hope of Israel. This, it is believed, is the largest, and in some respects the best, church edifice in the new synod of Chicago. Its cost, with furnace and appliances, will not be far from *lO,OOO, which the congregation meets, with little or DO help from a foreign source. And yet the congregation is not very large, nor are there in it any persons of great wealth. It is composed mostly of substantial farmers, who, aided by nit ny liberal-minded persons of the town, .have devoted a part of their bountiful stores granted by the Lord of the harvest, to the erection of this structure to his name; - This church is the result of a movement which took place some years since, which resulted in the formation of a second Con gregational church in Princeton, which afterwards connected with the Old School branch of the Presbyterian family. The dedication took place upon the morning of Thursday, the 16th day of October, and notwithstanding the fact of its being upon a week day, the ,house was filled with a large and attentive audience. The order of exercises were as follows: Ist. Anthem, by the Choir. 2d. Invo cation, by Rev. W. W. Harsha, of Dixon. 3d. Singing, 502 d Hymn, by the c -ngrega don. 4th. Reading the Scriptures, by Rev. Mr. Walker , of the M. B. Church. sth. Prayer, by Rev. Mr. Keys, of the Congreuational Church. 6th. Singing, 503 d Hymn, by the congregation. 7th. Sermon, by Rev. R. W. Henry, of tbe.South Pres byterian church, Chicago. Bth. Dedicatory Prayer, by the pastor, Rev. J. C. Barr. 9th. Address to the congregation, by Rev. W. W. Harsha. 10th. Anthem, by the Choir. 11th. Benediction, by the pastor. The series throughout were interesting and instructive, and were listened to by the audience without apparent weariness. The sermon by brother Henry was a noble effort, founded upon the sth and 6th verses of the 137th Psalm, in which the nature, grounds and results of the Christian's love for the Church were set forth. Brother H. has a pleasing style, an • animated- and earnest delivery, and a winning address, which, if the Lord spares his life, will enable him to do a good work in the Master's service. His sermon up,,n this oc casion will, I trust, be long remembered, and its truths cherished and practiced. It is proper to give to the choir their meed of praise, as their tasteful performance of the duty assigned them in these services contributed very largely to the interest and pleasure of the hour. Brother . Brother Barr, who is the pastor of this church, has a large and inviting field of labor, and so far as we can judge, God is qualifying him for the work. We think he has the love and respect of the people of his charge, and of the community, as he has the sympathy and prayers of his co-Presbyters. May thousands within the walls of that noble edifice hear the word of life from his lips, and hearing, live. Upon the evening of the day of the dedi cation, the three Presbyteries of Schuyler, Chicago and Rock River, met in the newly dedicated house, and by direction of the late General Assembly, were constituted the Synod of Chicago. Rev. J. Pillsbury being Providentially prevented from attending, Rev. I. N. Candee, D. D., the oldest min ister present, preached a sermon, constituted the Synod with prayer, and presided until a Moderator was chosen. Rev. S. T. Wilson, of Rook island, was chosen. the first Mod SMITHFIELD ; PITTSBURGH, PA. Li BER 22, 1856. E!!! orator of this new Synod, and presided:with dignity and urbanity during its sessions. This body consists of fifty-eight ministers, seventy-five churches, and has Within its bounds about four thousand communicants. Much business off-importance was trans' . l acted, among : VP hieh,..vlits.th'e adoption of the Constitution of the, , Theological . Seminary for the 'Nofili-West; This made the sev enth'Synod'adoloting'it ; and if the Direc tors make owige . selection of a site for the Seminary, lvo• l iiiay, hope great results to fol.. lowits rento*al from, New Albany. One of the members of the Synod of Chicago proposed to instruct the directors to invite the Synod of Missouri to co-oper ate ; but the Motion was unfortunately lost. An 01. ',lie is allowed_ to influence some ;hret , ' Eastern - Synods, and Missouri must 'se:: : to be admitted before she can ma ter this Sotherhood. of Synods in *Tying forwat the ti4Ol:d.seal .adIF 'Or • • ie-Nor6--"i; • z' •• . WbF, should not she, like other Synods, be invited to engage ? The Directors meet in Chicago, November 6th, when you may perhaps hear from me again. Yours, NORTH-WtST. For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate A few plain Letters to a Young Friend, just entered on the Ministry. NO. I. The subject of the letter I now address to you, is rather an unusual one. If you do not think it.of grave importance now, you will, should you live as long as I have. From some allusions made by you in our conversation a day or two before your instal lation, I infer you will not long remain a single man. I do not suppose, however, that you have already made choice of a com panion. Your determination, however, is to do so, as soon as "the way is clear." Now, it is about this matter I address you. You have frequently told me that you most earnestly solicited .my counsel, in any way I thought would promote your interests. Will you permit me then, to say to you, that on h e r, to whom you may join your earthly des tiny, will depend in a very great degree, your usefulness as a minister. To a man who was mourning the death of a wife, and saying, " she was the half of'the house," another' observed, "Ah I I know women that are the whole of it." The "woman whom you" may "take by the bind to be your lawful and wedded wife, may make you, under God, the half, (shall I say the whole ?) of what you will be in some very important respects, as a minister. Or she may (you will pardon the expression,) under Beelze bub, unmake you as to what you are now, and are likely, under proper cultivation to improve, to be, in many important re spects. Said a minister to me, once at an ordination, " I wish the Book enjoined it on us to deliver a charge to the wife too." It may be thought by you, young man,,a little upcourteous to say it; but I wish so' top. ....cie 6 J...414a651ve•e0504,44411.4,114.442.% then, you ask? Why, by all means make it a matter of continued and earnest prayer. A good wife is from the Lord. I need not say to you, that she should be pious. Get every evidence of this you can, before ad dressing her. If you marry an ungodly wo man it is exceedingly improbable, in my humble judgment, that a minister's wife, though she may become, she ever will be come pious. After much observation, lam persuaded, that but few who have entered ministers houses unconverted brides, were ever anything else than ungodly wives. And what a trial it is to have one, let those who have them say. Need I say to you, my dear young broth er, do not be a fortune-hunter. The dis pleasure of God rests on such. I know a few such wandering Ishmaelites whose bands are offered to every rich woman; but, strange as it may seem, though they are likely fel lows, every woman's "hand is against them." And there's a providence in it. With regard to the "usual qualifications" —beauty is fading, but an amiable temper, and a cultivated understanding are substan tial. Marry a woman of good common sense and education. A well educated female is more apt to studs to suit herself to her hus band's peculiarities, than one who is great ly ignorant. I might thus go on and say, what .1 would think, a hundred wise things about choosing a wife—but there is one thing that I don't want you to forget. That is this : after you have got a wife, you may, yourself, to a great extent, make her all she, will be to you. "All men have not faith," and I tell you that all men have not reason. There are unreasonable husbands, as well as wives, and a number of very unreasonable ones in the ministry too. When you get a wife then, John, " be not bitter against her"—be rea sonable, be civil. And that is being a great deal more than some people, that look mighty civil, are. When you have made your choice, and are established in the parsonage, I will come and see you, and judge for my self how far you have taken my counsel. In the meantime, I shall frequently amuse myself thinking what the effect on dear Mrs. IL would be, if she saw this letter. Believe me, she is one of the best of wives, and does not sit for the picture of a bad one. Truly yours. From the Due West Telescope Southern Thoughts on the Instruction of Negroes. It is pleasing to sec one and another of the great and good among the true friends of the South, and of the negroes in the South, taking large, Christian views of our obligations to the African in our midst. * * * At any rate, our servants are not on ly our property ; they are members of our households, they are the companions of . our children, as well as the tillers of our soil; and we ought to stand by them, defend them, improve them, make them happy and useful, and fit them as best we can, for hap piness and glaiy hereafter. * .* * We are glad to find that such a feeling is grow ing in the South: And we hope the day is not far distant when those laws against al lowing slaves to be taught to read, shall be blotted from. our Statutes. They are ad mitted to be a dead letter. Then why re tain them ? If they do us no good they arm our foes, and thus do us an injury. Mr• Yeadon, who has long been editor of the Charleston, (S. . C ,) Courier, and who has just been elected to the Legislature, heading the ticket, was. recently in. Boston. Re galled on Theodore Parker, met Urals. Lloyd: rarrison, and, in a conversation which he reports, told them many plain truths' about the South and her Institutions. In the report of thakconversation we find the following paragraPh, As to SoathernArive :against , allowing slaves to read and wilte, I stated that knew:them to be a dead - le,tteilkuSoth Car olina, and I believed them to'W.A . ' in the entire South; and ihat, in ,South Carolina many leading men were in4faVor, as I my self was, of wiping those laws from our Statute, book as contrary,to the spirit of Pro testant Christianity, which could not canals tently.permit the Bible to be a sealed book to any human being, of any color or condi tion. I added, I was not only , in favor of allowing slaves to learn to read and write, but that 'I believed no injury could result to us from such a course, as our negroes were a religious And even a superstitious race;` e e 414; able to „read, they would 1.11 the, Bible, and Hymn Book ! and that even inotird pamphlets would circulate harmlessly among them, by either being unread, or neutralized by the better and holier readings and teach ings of the sacred volume. I was asked if it was this last stated reason that had inclined .my mind in favor of extending this privil ege to the negroes r I answered no ; that I hoped that I was actuated by a higher mo tive—the spiritual welfare and eternal inter est of the negroes. Here Mr. Garrison re marked that neither the Charleston Courier, not the Charleston Mercury would dare, or venture, to maintain such sentiments. To which I replied that they both would, and the Courier should. Mr. Garrison still doubted, but I insisted, and said time should bring him proof of the correctness of my as sertion. I was asked if these opinions of mine, and the progress of missionary effort amen g the slaves in the South, indicating that either I, or the South, was acting with a view to the ultimate emancipation of the negro race? I answered, Not at all. They are wholly irre spective of any such plan, which does not enter at all into my mind, or the Southern mind. Domestic slavery is regarded as the perpetual and not thifavorable destiny of the South, unless and untill it shall please Providence, at some day, in the very remote future, to extinguish it, or remove it, from our borders, by an exodus greater, and as miraculous as that of the Jews." Let go all the Anchors. There are some very good people who will not sustain this or that benevolent enterprise of the Church, because they regard it as less important than some others. They will not do anything for Foreign Missions, be cause they think our own country should first be evangelized. They will not sustain Church Extension, becauFe they deem the education of the ministry a paramount duty. They withhold support from the superannu ated servants of God, because they imagine it- will do more good to seatterabiroad tracts and - b the ski 1 u mariner ose s • , • , • winds are dashing on a lee-shore. He lets go all anchors. If the kedge will noehold, te best bower may. If . both theSe fail, the sheet-anchor may arrest the drifting vessel. If no one of these alone will suffice, they altogether may save his life. So it is with the benevolent enterprises of our Church. They are all needed. They brace and stay each other in the great work of arresting souls drifting to ruin, and anchoring them safe by the throne of God. Each may be instrumental in saving some who would be lost if it were wanting. Every church edi fice erected, tends to raise np missionaries, and colporteurs, and theological students. Every church freed from debt is enabled to contribute more liberally for the support of all that is good. RELIGION IN AMERICA.—It is estimated by the Rev. Dr. Baird that, " including the Roman Catholic priests and the Unitarian, Universalist, and other heterodox preachers, these is in the United States one preacher for every 810 souls." The average salary of these preachers is $5OO per year. More than 1000 new church, edifices are erected every year. Dr. Baird also estimates that 18,000,000 of the 26,500,000 people in the United States, in 1855, were under the in struction and influence of the "Evangeli cal" churches; and 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 under the influence of the " non-Evangeli cal bodies, of which the Roman Catholic is by far the most numerous. The total Cost of public worship in the United States, an nually is set down at $25,000,000 Synod of Northern Indiana. The Synod of Northern Indiana met in Craw fordsville on Thursday, October 16th, 1856, and was opened with a sermon by the Moderator, from Matt. xxviil : 20: Lo, lam with you alway, even to the end of the world." Rev. Jonathan Edwards, D. D., was elected Moderator, and W. Y. Allen and Levi Hughes, Clerks. Although the weather was delightful, the health of the country unusually good, and the place accessible by railroad, the attendance was not large, there being an unusually small number of Ruling Elders present. The subject of securing a fuller attendance was discussed, and Rev. J. C. Brown was appointed to address a letter to the churches, urging them to send representa tives. It is boped this may have the desired effect, and that at our next meeting, we will have a full representation. Rev. Dr. Happersett addressed Synod, present ing the claims of the Board of Missions, and the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That Synod have heard with interest, the address of Rev. Dr. Happersett, and learn with sorrow, that less than one thousand dollars have been contributed by our churches to the Board of Missions, and "that fully one-half of them have contributed nothing during the year. Resolved, That Synod highly approve of the ac tion of the Board in dispensing with the use of agents, and that we will endeavor, during the current year, to secure a contribution to the Board of Missions in every one of our churches. Resolved, Synod having been supplied with blanks for systematic efforts, we will endeavor to make a fair trial of the plan for the ensuing year, and it is hereby enjoined upon all the Presby teries to take measures to bring this cause before all the churches, and report at the next meeting of Synod. Rev. Dr. Thomas, of the Synod of Indiana, presented the annual report of the . Directors of New Albany Theological Seminary, accompanied with some very appropriate remarks, after which a constitution for a North-Western Theological Seminary was read, contemplating a removal of the New Albany Seminary to such a place as may be agreed upon by the seven Synods uniting in the enterprise. The constitution was unanimously adopted, and Revs. J. C. Brown, Levi .Hughes and J. B. Crowe, with James M. Ray and Jesse L. Wil liams, Esq., were appointed Directord of this Synod. The ilillawing anessanot vas ordered upon Philadelphia, 27 South Tenth Street, below Chestnut. By Nail, or at the Office, $1.50 per Year, SEE PROSPECTUS Delivered in the City, 1.75 " WHOLE NO. 217. the Presbyteries, to pay the traveling expenses of Trustees for the ensuing year: Logansport, $15.00 ; Lake, $9.50 ; Crawfordsville, $17.8%. ; Fort Wayne, $10.00; Muncie, $9.60. (A sub sequent change in the boundaries of Logansport and Crawfordsville Presbyteries will make th.: proportion to Logansport, $17,00, and Craw fordsville, $15.32.) It was resolved to overture the Board of Trus tees of Hanover College and the Synod of In diana, to reduce the number of Trustees one-hall, and also to request those bodies to devise meinb4 to pay the expenses of the Trustees who may at tend the meetings of the Board. The Stated Clerk read a communication from the Sep/Lary of the Church Extension Commit tee. Tfir following was the action of Synod: In view of the fact that one-third of all tit,: churches of this Synod have received aid from the Church. Extension Fund, amounting in th., aggregate to $4;390, and but fifteen of our churches have ever contributed to the cause, and only to the amount of $150.38. Resolved, That we do most earnestly enjoin upon all our churches to take up collections fur this ,cause, and so far as practicable, to do it on the first Sabbath in November, according to the was the aciion . ol, Hap - over College : 1. We are gratified to learn ths., ' in the midst of all the difficulties of the year past, the College has still been kept in operation, and has accomplished so much good. The attention of Synod is called to the fact that the endowment pauses, when within a frac tion of its completion. * * * That there are $7,000 of unpaid salaries due the Professorz for services rendered, and that but $203 of the. amount pledged toward the President's salary for this Synod, has been raised. 3. We would express real and profound sym pathy with the President and Professors in their arduous labors, deep discouragements, and reel pecuniary wants. 4. We would record it as a shame to the Presby terians of Indiana, before the world and Church of God, that the President and Profedsors of their College have been required to labor under such distressing circumstances as have been revealed to 1/F. Rev. F. P. Cummins and Robert Irwin were elected Trustees. The amount of $2,600, neces sary. to complete the endowment, was raised in notes on the spot, and the members of Synod pledged themselves to immediate and earnest efforts to raise to the amount of thirty cents per member in all the churches - within our bounds, to meet demands now urgently pressing upon the finances of the College. The Committee on the minutes of the General Assembly reported : 1. Synod reiterated the call of the Assembly for a day of, prayer, on the last. Thursday of February, 1857„ 2. Recommended the Presbyteries to take such order as will secure the election of Deacons.. 3. Also to take action whiz]] will secure contributions for widows and orphans of deceased ministers. 4. Directing at tention to action of Assembly on subject of in stalling Ruling Elders, (page 529.) The bounda ries of Logansport and Crawfordsville Presby teries -were so changed as to transfer all the churches in Clinton County to Logansport Pres bytery, and between Logansport and Muncie as to transfer Tipton County to Muncie Presbytery ; Reir. John Dale was also transferred to Muncie Presbytery. Ordered, that the pastoral letter of the last General Assembly be read in all our churches. Resolved, That Synod has heard with the deep est sorrow, the alarming increase of intemper ance within our bounds, since the defeat of the Temperance Law., In view of this we do earn estly exhort 01l our members to exert all the Moral and ,legal suasion possible, to arrest this m'onstr'ous evil, iao Piolitto of niisieiy`• and crime, to make • special mention of the remarkable and universal preialence of good health throughout our bounds daring the past year, in the merciful• providence of God. Synod closed its sessions on Monday evening, with a vote of thanks to the kind friends of Crawfordsville, who were unbounded in their hos pitality to its members, • $57.36 were raised at the anniversary on Mis sions, on the Sabbath. Adjourned to meet at South Bend on the third Thursday of October, 1867, at seven o'clock, P. M. E. W. WatunT, Stated Clerk. For the Presbyterian banner aim Advocate. Synod, of Ohio. The Synod of Ohio commenced its annual Ses sions in the Second Presbyterian church, Zanes ville, Oct. 16th, 1856, at 7 o'clock P. M. The opening sermon was preached by the Moderator, Rev. J. D. Smith, from John xvii: 21, "That they all may be one," &c. Rev. Wm". M. Robinson was elected Moderator, and Rev. J. E. Carson, and Rev. I. N. Shepherd, were elected temporary Clerks, for the present year. There was but little business before the Synod, of the ordinary character. The. Committee on Bills and Overtures, and the Judicial Committee, both reported, near the close of the meeting, that no business had been put into their bands. The attention of Synod was occupied principally with the 'consideration of the question of a Synod ical College. On this subject, an interesting dis cussion took place, relating chiefly to the location of said College. Three places were before Synod, with definite proposals—Chillicothe, West Liber ty, and Bellefontaine. In view of all considera tions, and after mature deliberation, the proposal of Chillicothe was deemed the best by Synod ; and they decided in favor of this place as the loca tion, by the following vote :—For Chillicothe, 42 ; West Liberty, 35'; Bellefontaine, 3. If the Synod of -Cincinnati should not concur in this decision, it was provided that a convention of the two Synods might be called. The following resolutions were adopted, in re ference to the contributions to the Boards, viz : - 1. That the Synod earnestly urge upon the Presbyteries, to see that all the churches under their care respectively, take up collections every year, for each of the following causes, and at the periods named, viz—For the Board of Publication during April ; for the Board of Education, during June ; for the Board of Church Extension, during September; for the Board of Foreign Missions, during November; and for the Board of Domestic Missions, during January. 2. That the Synod do hereby urge upon all the churches under their care, to inereaoe largely the amount of their contributions to the several causes named. The following resolutions were adopted relative to, the operations of the American Bible Society : Resolved, That the Synod of Ohio has heard with great pleasure of the resolution of the Am. Bible Society, in humble reliance on Divine aid, to enter upon, a second exploration of our entire country, with the purpose of placing a copy of the Sacred Volume, as early as practicable, in every destitute household where there is a willingness to receive it.. •Resolved, That this -Synod cordially commends this work, and the Bible cause generally, to all its ministers and congregations, and relies on them heartily to co-operate with the friends of religion, in .carrying forward so great an enterprise to en tire completion. Resolved, That this Synod has great pleasure in bearing its testimony to the excellence of the English translation of the Holy Scriptures, now in general use, and circulated by the American Bible Society. Resolutions were passed, also, expressive of Synod's interest and confidence in the Western Theological Seminary, at Allegheny. The special sermons before Synod, by Rev. J. D. Smith, Rev. W. S. Kennedy, and Rev. F. T. Brown, were of marked ability, and were re quested for publication. The presence of several brethren—ministers and elders from other Synods—gave great pleas ure to the members of Synod, and added consid erably to the interest of the occasion. After pleasant and harmonious Sessions, the Synod adjourned on Tuesday afternoon, to mee t nest year in Wooster. By order of Hyped, , . • )L Hoop, &Aid Clark.
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